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Oregon State Aggies football
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The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded a football team in 1893 and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Gary Andersen is the coach since the 2015 season. Their home games are played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, Football at Oregon State University started in 1893 shortly after athletics were initially authorized at the college. Athletics were banned prior May 1892, but when the school president, Benjamin Arnold, died. Blosss son William started the first team, on which he served as coach and quarterback. The teams first game was an easy 63–0 defeat over the home team, the university has been in several athletic conferences. These include the Northwest Intercollegiate Association, the Pacific Coast Conference, prior to 1902, and in-between the Pacific Coast Conference and Pac-12 Conference, OSU played as an independent school. The Beavers play their games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. It was originally called Parker Stadium when it was constructed in 1953, Parker Stadium was renamed Reser Stadium in June 1999. Major renovations from 2005–2007 increased the capacity to 45,674. Oregon State Universitys primary rival is the University of Oregon, the two schools enjoy a fierce and long-standing rivalry due to the proximity of the two campuses. The University of Oregon is in Eugene, Oregon, about 40 miles south of Corvallis, the teams first matched up on the gridiron in 1894 and have been playing each other almost every year since. The rivalry game between the two schools is called the Civil War and is traditionally the last game of each season and they have played each other 120 times which makes it the seventh-oldest college football rivalry game. Oregon State has won the Pac-12 Championship 5 times,1941,1956,1957,1964, the Beavers have also played in the Mirage Bowl, but this was a regular season game and a bowl in name only, not a post-season invitational bowl game. The 17 bowl game total does not include an invitation to play in the Gotham Bowl in 1960, the Beavers are 11–6 in bowl game appearances. Gary Andersen – Head Coach Kevin McGiven – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Kevin Clune – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers T. J. Won the French football championship in 2011. Wayne Valley, Founder and principal owner of the Oakland Raiders & former President of the American Football League William Vanderbundt, NFL Linebacker, SF 49ers N. O

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Pacific Coast Conference
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The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. The name Pacific Coast Conference is now used by a San Diego area community college established in 1982. Established on December 2,1915, its four members were the University of California, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon. Among other complaints, he disdained the quality of education in the Oregon schools, pauley felt that University of California campuses deserved to play against colleges with comparably high academic standards. The PCC had a commissioner, an elaborate constitution, a formal code of conduct. Following the submission of his report, Atherton was promptly hired as commissioner in 1940, the conference was wracked by scandal in 1951. Charges were made and confirmed that University of Oregon football coach Jim Aiken had violated the code for financial aid. After Aiken was compelled to resign, Oregon urged the PCC to look at similar abuses by UCLA football coach Red Sanders, the conference spent five years attempting to reform itself. In 1956, the scandal became public, the scandal first broke in Washington, when in January 1956, several discontented players staged a mutiny against their coach, John Cherberg. After the coach was fired, the PCC followed up on charges of a slush fund, the PCC found evidence of the prohibited activities of the Greater Washington Advertising Fund run by Roscoe C. Torchy Torrance, and in May imposed sanctions, in March, allegations of prohibited payments made by two booster clubs associated with UCLA, the Bruin Bench and the Young Mens Club of Westwood, were published in Los Angeles newspapers. UCLA refused for ten weeks to allow PCC officials to proceed in their investigation and this same alumnus also blew the whistle on Cals phony work program for athletes known as the San Francisco Gridiron Club, with an extension in the Los Angeles area known as the South Seas Fund. The first major reaction came from the University of California system, for Sproul the PCC dispute was not just about athletics, at stake was the ideal of a unified University of California that enjoyed statewide support. This ideal collided with aspirations of UCLA alumni who believed that Sprouls vision would always favor the Berkeley campus at the expense of the younger UCLA campus. Oregon State College president August Leroy Strand wrote, The reasons for California and UCLA dropping out are as different as night, the significance of the whole affair was the union of Berkeley and UCLA. Admissions and scholarship had nothing to do with the withdrawals, the PCC was falling apart, leading to the decision to dissolve after the 1958-59 season. Soon after the PCC was dissolved, five of its nine members created the Athletic Association of Western Universities for the 1959 season, after initially being blocked from admission, three of the four remaining schools would eventually join, but members were not required to play other members. Tensions were high between UCLA and Stanford, as Stanford had voted for UCLAs expulsion from the PCC, Idaho was not involved in the scandals but had become noncompetitive in the PCC

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Paul J. Schissler
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Paul J. Schissler was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach in the United States. He coached football at the school, college, and professional levels. Schissler first coaching position was as the football coach at Hastings High School in Hastings. He had been an athlete at HHS, graduating in 1911. He coached there for two seasons, from 1913 to 1914, schisslers first collegiate position was as the head coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. He only coached one season with Doane College during the 1915 season, Schissler left Doane to become the head football coach at St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, Illinois where he coached again for only one season in 1916. Schissler was the 16th head coach for the Doane College Tigers located in Crete, Nebraska and his coaching record at Doane was 5–3. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 14th at Doane in total wins, in 1919, Schissler went to the University of Nebraska. There he was an assistant football coach, the basketball coach. Schissler was the coach of the basketball team for two seasons, posting a 37–5 overall record. As the head coach at Nebraska, Schissler posted a three-year record of 20–14. Schissler was the football coach for Oregon State from 1924 to 1932. During his nine-year tenure, he compiled a 48–30–2 record and he led the Beavers to three seven-win seasons in 1925,1926, and 1930. He was known for opening seasons strong, having had a 76–0 win against Willamette University, a 67–0 win against Multnomah Athletic Club, Schissler first foray in to coaching in the NFL was with the Chicago Cardinals from 1933 to 1934. In his time as the Cardinals head coach he posted a record of 6–15–1, from 1935 to 1936, he was the head coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers NFL team in New York City, compiling a record of 8–14–2. Schissler later owned and coached the Hollywood Bears football team of the Pacific Coast Pro Football League, there he coached and played with Kenny Washington before Washington was allowed to play in the NFL. Schissler sold Washingtons contract to the Los Angeles Rams in 1946, Schissler also coached the NFLs Chicago Cardinals and the Hollywood Stars of the California Pro Football League, and during World War II served in the military where he also coached a football team. Later, Schissler helped start the Pro Bowl in 1951 while working for the Los Angeles Times, Schissler died in Hastings, Nebraska, on April 16,1968, at the age of 74

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Bell Field
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Bell Field, originally known as College Field, was an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon. It was the venue of Oregon State Beavers football prior to the opening of Parker Stadium in November 1953. Opened 107 years ago in 1910, Bell Field had a capacity of 21,000 at its peak and was named after J. R. N. Doc Bell, a supporter of the college and its athletic teams. With a conventional north-south orientation, its seating was mostly covered in a horseshoe configuration, opening to the north. After Parker Stadium opened, most of the seating was removed and it was located directly west of the baseball field and parallel to its first base line. The Dixon Recreation Center, opened in 1976, occupies the site, a natural grass field for football was first installed at Bell Field in 1937, the surface was previously a mixture of dirt and sawdust. In the early 1950s, Oregon State played most of its football games in Portland at Multnomah Stadium. The final varsity game at Bell Field was the game on campus in 1952. The Beavers sole win in the Pacific Coast Conference that season was in the Civil War game in Portland, the only game in 1953 in Corvallis was the opener for Parker Stadium on November 14, a 7–0 win over Washington State. A new all-weather track facility opened on the end of campus in 1974 and was named Wayne Valley Field in 1975. OSU dropped its program after the 1988 season for both men and women, and the facility was removed in the 1990s, now occupied by the softball stadium. The womens team was reintroduced in fall 2004 and the new Whyte Track, Oregon State University Libraries, Bell Field photos OSU Alumni Association, In memory of Bell Field

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Oregon State University
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Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university in the northwest United States, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The university offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs along with numerous graduate and it is also the largest university in the state, with a total enrollment exceeding 28,000. More than 230,000 people have graduated from OSU since its founding. S, OSU is one of 73 land-grant universities in the United States. The school is also a sea-grant, space-grant, and sun-grant institution, OSU received $308.9 million in research grants and contracts for the 2015 fiscal year, which is more research funding than all other public universities in Oregon combined. The universitys roots date back to 1856, when it was established as the areas first community school for primary and preparatory education, throughout the universitys history, the name changed eleven times. Like other early established land-grant colleges and universities, the majority of changes occurred through the 1920s. Generally, name changes were made to align a school with the largest available federal grants in agriculture research. Corvallis area Freemasons played an important role in developing the early school, the school offered its first college-level curriculum in 1865, under the administration of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. On August 22,1868, official articles of incorporation were filed for Corvallis College, October 27,1868, is known as OSU Charter Day. The Oregon Legislative Assembly designated Corvallis College as the college of the state of Oregon. Acceptance of this grant required the college to comply with the requirements set forth in the First Morrill Act, the school was then authorized to grant the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees. The first graduating class was in 1870, granting Bachelor of Arts degrees, the Oregon Unification Bill was passed in 1929 by the Legislative Assembly, which placed the school under the oversight of the newly formed Oregon State Board of Higher Education. A doctoral in education was first offered in the early 1930s and this year also saw the creation of the first summer session. The growing diversity in degree programs led to name change in 1937. The universitys current title, Oregon State University, was adopted on March 6,1961, in 2007, Scott Reed was named the Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement as OSU Extension Service and OSU Ecampus were aligned under this new division. Ecampus delivers OSU degree programs and courses online and at a distance to students worldwide, Research has played a central role in the universitys overall operations for much of its history. Most of OSUs research continues at the Corvallis campus, but a number of endeavors are underway at various locations throughout the state. Current research facilities, beyond the campus, include the Seafood Laboratory in Astoria, CEOAS is now co-leading the largest ocean science project in U. S. history, the Ocean Observatories Initiative

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Corvallis, Oregon
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Corvallis /kɔːrˈvælᵻs/ is a city in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462 and its population was estimated by the Portland Research Center to be 55,298 in 2013. Corvallis is the location of Oregon State University, a large Hewlett-Packard research campus, at a longitude of 123°17 west, the city is the westernmost city in the contiguous 48 states with a population larger than 50,000. Avery arrived in Oregon from the east, averys primitive 1846 dwelling was the first home within the boundaries of todays Corvallis and his land claim included the southern section of the contemporary city. Avery was quickly joined by other settlers along the banks of the Willamette River, the discovery of gold in California in 1848 temporarily stalled development of a township, with Avery leaving his Oregon claim to try his hand at mining in the fall of that year. His stay would prove to be brief and in January 1849 Avery returned to Oregon with a stock of provisions with a view to opening a store. During the year 1849, Avery opened his store at the site, platted the land, and surveyed a town site on his land claim, naming the community Marysville. It is possible that the city was named after early settler Mary Lloyd, in the summer of 1851 Joseph Avery and William Dixon each granted back-to-back 40 acre land parcels from their land holdings for the establishment of a county seat. Averys holding lay to the south and Dixons to the north, with the Benton Country Courthouse marking the line of demarcation between these two land parcels. In December 1853 the 5th Oregon Territorial Legislature met in Salem, a heated debate followed, with the name ultimately awarded to Marysville in an act passed on December 20,1853. Corvallis was incorporated as a city on January 29,1857, nineteenth-century Corvallis saw a three-year boom beginning in 1889, which began with the establishment of a privately owned electrical plant by L. L. Hurd. In addition a carriage factory was launched in the city and the streets were improved. Bonds were issued for a water works, a sewer system. A publicity campaign was launched to attempt to expand the tax base through new construction for new arrivals and this effort proved mostly unsuccessful, however, and in 1892 normalcy returned, with the city saddled with about $150,000 in bonded debt. Corvallis is at an elevation of 235 feet above sea level, Oregon Route 99W, a secondary north–south route, also runs through Corvallis. U. S. Route 20 and Oregon Route 34 both secondary East-West routes run through Corvallis from the Oregon Coast, Corvallis is at river mile 131–32 of the Willamette River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 14.30 square miles

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Oregon State Beavers football
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The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded a football team in 1893 and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Gary Andersen is the coach since the 2015 season. Their home games are played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, Football at Oregon State University started in 1893 shortly after athletics were initially authorized at the college. Athletics were banned prior May 1892, but when the school president, Benjamin Arnold, died. Blosss son William started the first team, on which he served as coach and quarterback. The teams first game was an easy 63–0 defeat over the home team, the university has been in several athletic conferences. These include the Northwest Intercollegiate Association, the Pacific Coast Conference, prior to 1902, and in-between the Pacific Coast Conference and Pac-12 Conference, OSU played as an independent school. The Beavers play their games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. It was originally called Parker Stadium when it was constructed in 1953, Parker Stadium was renamed Reser Stadium in June 1999. Major renovations from 2005–2007 increased the capacity to 45,674. Oregon State Universitys primary rival is the University of Oregon, the two schools enjoy a fierce and long-standing rivalry due to the proximity of the two campuses. The University of Oregon is in Eugene, Oregon, about 40 miles south of Corvallis, the teams first matched up on the gridiron in 1894 and have been playing each other almost every year since. The rivalry game between the two schools is called the Civil War and is traditionally the last game of each season and they have played each other 120 times which makes it the seventh-oldest college football rivalry game. Oregon State has won the Pac-12 Championship 5 times,1941,1956,1957,1964, the Beavers have also played in the Mirage Bowl, but this was a regular season game and a bowl in name only, not a post-season invitational bowl game. The 17 bowl game total does not include an invitation to play in the Gotham Bowl in 1960, the Beavers are 11–6 in bowl game appearances. Gary Andersen – Head Coach Kevin McGiven – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Kevin Clune – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers T. J. Won the French football championship in 2011. Wayne Valley, Founder and principal owner of the Oakland Raiders & former President of the American Football League William Vanderbundt, NFL Linebacker, SF 49ers N. O

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Reser Stadium
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Reser Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. It is the home of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-12 Conference and it was renamed in 1999, and its current seating capacity is 44,160. The FieldTurf playing field runs northwest to southeast, at an elevation of 240 feet above sea level. From 1910 to 1953, the Beavers played their games at Bell Field. In 1948, Oregon State president August L. Strand, athletic director Spec Keene, Parker, a 1907 alumnus, kicked off the stadium fundraising campaign in 1949 and made significant contributions of his own. In 1952, construction of the stadium began, for Parkers efforts and contributions, the stadium was named in his honor. The first game was played on Homecoming, November 14,1953, at that time the stadium was able to hold 28,000 people. The stadium was renovated in 1958,1965, and 1967, reaching a capacity of approximately 40,500 seats, but the architects full intent never came to fruition. The roof over the main southwest grandstand was approved in 1988, the roof and new press box were completed in 1991. The stadium was renamed in June 1999 to honor Al and Pat Reser, the couple both graduated from Oregon State in 1960, and are major donors to the university and Beavers athletics, though Al died at the age of 74 in 2010. The Parker name is honored at Parker Plaza, located between Reser and Gill Coliseum, the site of many pregame activities. The stadium is located on the southwest corner of the Oregon State campus at the intersection of SW 26th Street, in addition to football, intramural and club sports also use the facility occasionally. Reser Stadium alternates with Autzen Stadium at the University of Oregon in hosting the Civil War game, since 1954, the games in even-numbered years have been played in Corvallis, odd-numbered in Eugene. Through the 1968 season, the playing surface was natural grass. AstroTurf was installed in 1969, and replaced in 1974 and 1977, the brand was switched to All-Pro artificial turf in 1984, which was in place for 15 seasons, replaced in 1999 with AstroTurf 12/2000. Infilled FieldTurf debuted in 2005, and was replaced prior to the 2012 season, through the 2004 season, the official capacity of the stadium stood at 35,362. Phase Two of the Raising Reser project was completed between the 2006 and 2007 football seasons, it enclosed the horseshoe in the southeast end zone with continuous seating in the corners. This addition raised total seating capacity to 45,674 and included the 80-by-30-foot ProStar Digital VideoPlus Display screen, during the planned Phase Three, the upper level will extend through the southwest grandstand

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Providence Park
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Providence Park is an outdoor sports venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The MLS Portland Timbers and NWSL Portland Thorns FC soccer teams use the facility as their home pitch, the NCAA Division I FCS Portland State Vikings football team uses the park during the Big Sky season. Originally, the park was owned by the Multnomah Athletic Club, in the 1950s, the PCL Portland Beavers baseball team moved out of Vaughn Street Park into what was then known as Multnomah Stadium. In 1966, the city purchased the stadium and renamed it Civic Stadium and it was renovated in 2001 to accommodate the Beavers, who had not played at the park since the early 1990s. The naming rights of the stadium were purchased by Portland General Electric, in 2010, the park underwent renovations again, this time so it could accommodate the Portland Timbers MLS franchise and a year later the rights to the stadiums name were sold, this time to Jeld-Wen. In 2014, the name was changed again to Providence Park after Providence Health & Services bought the naming rights. The stadium sits on a block bounded by Southwest Morrison Street, Southwest 18th Avenue, the Multnomah Athletic Club building and Southwest Salmon Street. Providence Park is a stadium which houses the MLS Portland Timbers, NWSL Portland Thorns. The stadium underwent a $31 million renovation in late 2010 and early 2011, the stadium is owned by the City of Portland, and is managed by Peregrine Sports, LLC, the entity that owns the Timbers and Thorns. Prior to the 2011 MLS season, the stadium was renamed Jeld-Wen Field from PGE Park, in a partnership with Klamath Falls, Jeld-Wen is a manufacturer of windows and doors, leading to the stadiums nickname, The House of Pane. In 2014, the stadium was renamed Providence Park after a partnership with Providence Health & Services was announced, the Multnomah Athletic Club, an athletic club in downtown Portland, stands next door, the windows of the north side of the clubs building overlook the field. The Interstate 405 freeway in Portland is also known locally as the Stadium Freeway, in addition, the Providence Park MAX Light Rail station is across the street. The property slopes significantly downhill from the end to the north end. The stadium is home to the Portland Timbers of MLS, Portland Thorns FC of NWSL. The Portland Beavers minor league team of the Pacific Coast League moved into the stadium in 1956 after playing several seasons at Vaughn Street Park. From 1973 to 1977 the independent Portland Mavericks of the Northwest League played their games at the stadium. Actor Kurt Russell was an infielder for the Mavericks, the Beavers returned to Portland in 1978 until 1993 when they were moved out of the city again. The Class A Portland Rockies were established in 1995 and played at the park until 2000 when they were moved and renamed the Tri-City Dust Devils

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List of Oregon State Beavers bowl games
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The Oregon State Beavers college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Oregon State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Oregon State has appeared in 17 bowl games, included in these games are three appearances in the Rose Bowl Game and one Bowl Championship Series game appearances, in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl. This does not include the 1960 Gotham Bowl, that was canceled after bowl organizers could not find an opponent to compete against Oregon State who had accepted the bid. 2011 NCAA Division I Football Records

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Civil War (college football game)
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First played 123 years ago in 1894, it is the fifth most played college football rivalry game in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA. Both universities are members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference, the game was first played in 1894 and has been contested 120 times through 2016, Oregon leads the series 63–47–10. The game was not contested in 1900,1901,1911,1943, the first reference to the Civil War name was in 1929 and came into common use in 1937. Prior to that, it was called the Oregon Classic or the State Championship Game, the game is usually played in even-numbered years at the home field of Oregon State in Corvallis and in odd-numbered years at the home field of Oregon in Eugene. Seven games were played at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, in 1908,1917,1933,1934,1938,1950, and 1952. In an effort to mitigate rioting, the 1912 and 1913 games were played at a site in Albany following riots after the 1910 game that led to the 1911 games cancellation. From 1997 through 2006, the team won the game. The streak was snapped in 2007, when Oregon State beat Oregon at Autzen Stadium 38-31 in double overtime, in 2008, the Ducks returned the favor in Corvallis by beating OSU 65-38. The streak of visiting teams winning was snapped at two games in 2009 when the Ducks won 37-33 in Eugene, from 1959 to 1961, the Platypus Trophy was awarded to the winning school. The trophy was lost for 40 years and found in 2005, although both teams share the longest win streak in the series at 8 games a piece, the Ducks went 13 years without losing to the Beavers from 1975-1987. Other athletic contests between the schools are referred to as Civil War games. 1933, In a game played before 32,183 spectators at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, the Beavers scored first, but the rest was all Oregon, with fullback Iron Mike Mikulak rushing for 89 yards on the way to a 13–3 victory. The Ducks won a share of the PCC championship, but Stanford got the bid to the 1934 Rose Bowl,1957, The Ducks had a 6–1 conference record and the Beavers were 5–2. Both teams scored on their first possession, but that ended the scoring late in the third quarter. A late fumble by the Ducks Jim Shanley secured the win—but not the Rose Bowl—for Oregon State,1959, The Ducks came into the game with just one loss. An Oregon win, coupled with a Washington loss, could have earned the Ducks a Rose Bowl invitation, meanwhile, Oregon State was 2–6, its first losing record in 5 years. The Beavers started shakily, fumbling on their first two possessions and falling behind 7–0 in the first quarter, the rest was all Beavers as they salvaged their season with two touchdowns and a field goal to upset the Ducks, 15–7. 1969, With the score tied at 7 and less than a minute left, Oregon State placekicker Mike Nehl attempted a 29-yard field goal to put the Beavers ahead

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Platypus Trophy
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The Platypus Trophy is a trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Civil War college football game between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University. The trophy depicts a platypus, an animal which has features of both a duck and a beaver, for three years, from 1959 to 1961, the trophy was awarded to the winning school. The trophy was lost for more than 40 years before being rediscovered in 2005 and it is currently awarded to the alumni association of the winning school. A platypus was chosen as the subject because with its bill and beaver-like tail. Spady had only a month before the game to complete the trophy and he submitted it unfinished, having not quite completed sculpting the feet. Oregon was heavily favored in the 1959 game, but Oregon State won 15-7 and took home the trophy, during that year, Oregon students apparently stole the trophy, and kept it after the 1960 Civil War ended in a 14-14 tie. In 1961, Oregon State won 6-2 and Oregon returned the trophy to Oregon State immediately following the game, following the 1961 game, the trophy was stolen several more times and was eventually forgotten as the football games trophy. In 1986, artist Spady, now an art teacher in Eugene, Spady was unable to convince anyone to reacquire the trophy for use in the football game, and in 2000, the pool and its trophy cases were demolished as part of a renovation project. In 2004, with the long forgotten, Oregonian sportswriter John Canzano wrote a column lamenting the fact that uniquely unlike other college rivalry games. Spady contacted Canzano and informed him of the existence of the Platypus Trophy, after obtaining Spadys signature on the work, Williams returned the trophy to the Oregon Alumni Association so it could resume its role as a game trophy. However, despite initial interest from the athletic directors to start awarding the trophy again, after viewing the abstract piece. Instead, beginning with the 2007 Civil War, the trophy was presented to the schools alumni association. Oregon State was the first recipient of the trophy after defeating Oregon 38-31 in overtime

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Benny Beaver
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Benny Beaver is the official mascot of Oregon State University and winner of the 2011 Capital One Mascot of the Year write-in campaign. The exact date of when the name was first used as the mascot is not known. The universitys school newspaper is the first known organization on campus to adopt the beaver as its namesake, the school yearbooks long use of the name, known as The Beaver starting in 1916, eventually helped solidify the beaver as the universitys official mascot. The popularity of the beaver was also shared by students at University of Oregon, for several early publishings, students at this school also used The Beaver as their yearbooks title. Oregon State Universitys first documented use of Benny Beaver was found in a photograph showing students posing next to a statue of a beaver inscribed with the name Benny Beaver, the photograph appears in the 1942 edition of the yearbook. Prior to the beaver, Oregon States mascot was a known as John Richard Newton Bell. A longtime member of the board of regents, Bell became hugely popular among the students for his ritual of marching to the Marys River after each of Oregon States Civil War victories. He was said to have tossed his top hat into the water as a token of celebration, earlier mascots include Jimmie the Coyote and Bulldog. The beaver mascots name, Benny, was adopted in 1945. Two failed attempts to maintain a live beaver mascot include Bevo Beaver, the early Benny Beaver cartoon icon/logo was created by famous graphic illustrator, and former Disney employee, Arthur C. Evans. As the art director for Angelus Pacific Company, Evans submitted his design to OSU and his logos were used at hundreds of other universities and high schools throughout the nation. Evans beaver logo also appeared in the 1985 movie Teen Wolf, a beaver statue was carted around the stadium and in parades in the 1940s, patterned after an earlier bronze statue, went by the name Benny. The 1941 yearbook shows the statue with the caption Bill Beaver while a 1942 yearbook photo of the same beaver statue gives it the name Benny Beaver, after the statues demise, the name stuck with The Gnawed Log, a sports column in the student newspaper the Daily Barometer. The first live appearance during an event by a mascot named Benny, was September 18,1952. Austin later founded Newberg, Oregon-based A-dec, the largest privately held dental equipment manufacturer in North America, Austin is now a major Oregon State donor. Between the early 1980s and mid-1990s, Benny was often joined at sporting events by a co-mascot, in 1998 No Dinx, a graphic design shop in Albany, Oregon, redesigned the logo for the first time in nearly 50 years. In March 2013, working together with Nike, Oregon State University unveiled the latest, newly redesigned version, the new logo replaced the No Dinx design. The Benny Beaver costume also changed to match the new logo in 2001, Benny wears #0 at football games and #0 at basketball games

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Oregon State University Marching Band
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With over 250 members, the Oregon State University Marching Band, is the marching band of Oregon State University, known as the Spirit and Sound of OSU. It was founded in 1891 making it the oldest band in the Pac-12, the Oregon State University Marching Band is the primary athletic band at Oregon State. All band members are required to participate in marching band before they may be eligible to participate in any of the other bands Oregon State offers, the Athletic Bands program is based partially on the same program at Kansas State University. 1890 - The Oregon State University Marching Band was founded,1890 - Brass band organized in November, students had to procure their own instruments. 1892 - Cadet Band played at first school athletic event, an all-school intramural Field Day,1893 - Cadet Band played at the first school football game, held in Albany, Oregon. 1901 - Self-sustaining Department of Music established,1914 - Hail to Old O. A. C. is written by Wilkins. 1917 - Carry Me Back, is written by W. Homer Maris,1919 - Carry Me Back, is adopted by OSU as the Alma Mater. 2013 - Dr. Dana Biggs is named the Director of Athletic Bands,2015 - Dr. Jason Gossett is named the Assistant Director of Athletic Bands. 2016 - Mr. Olin Hannum is named the Director of Athletic Bands, Dr. Chris Chapman, Director of Bands Olin Hannum, Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Athletic Bands Dr. Jason Gossett, Assistant Director of Athletic Bands Dr. Each section has one, two, or three section leaders based on section size, additional student leadership is provided by squad leaders. Section leaders provide student leadership in all aspects of the organization, membership is open to any Oregon State University or Linn-Benton Community College student. Students are welcome from all fields of study, the Oregon State University Marching Band performs at all Oregon State University home and bowl games. During these game days, the band begins their day with a pre-performance rehearsal. During this rehearsal, the band will briefly rehearse the halftime show, after rehearsal, the band will set up a parade block to prepare for the Beaver Walk (an event where the football team walks west on SW Ralph Miller Street. Prior to the start of the game, the breaks into smaller bands to tailgate. The only exception to this is Civil War at OSU, instead of tailgating, the band will meet with the Oregon Marching Band face-to-face for Battle of the Bands. During the football games, the plays music from their seats in the stands. At the conclusion of each game the band performs the fight song Hail to OSU

Oregon State Aggies football
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The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded a football team in 1893 and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Gary Andersen is the coach since the 2015 season. Their home games are played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, Football at Oregon State Univ

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Oregon State fans prepare to rush the field in an historic upset of #3 USC in 2006

Pacific Coast Conference
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The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. The name Pacific Coast Conference is now used by a San Diego area community college established in 1982. Established on December 2,1915, its four members were the University of California, the University of Washington, the University

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Pacific Coast Conference (PCC)

Paul J. Schissler
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Paul J. Schissler was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach in the United States. He coached football at the school, college, and professional levels. Schissler first coaching position was as the football coach at Hastings High School in Hastings. He had been an athlete at HHS, graduating in 1911. He coached there for two seasons, fr

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Schissler from 1918 Cornhusker

Bell Field
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Bell Field, originally known as College Field, was an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of Oregon State College in Corvallis, Oregon. It was the venue of Oregon State Beavers football prior to the opening of Parker Stadium in November 1953. Opened 107 years ago in 1910, Bell Field had a capacity of 21,000 at its

Oregon State University
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Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university in the northwest United States, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The university offers more than 200 undergraduate degree programs along with numerous graduate and it is also the largest university in the state, with a total enrollment exceeding 28,000. More than 230,000 people hav

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OSU's Beta Campanile Tower

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Oregon State University

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OAC Home Ec department at Multnomah Hotel in Portland, 1920

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Irish Bend Covered Bridge - The west side of campus is dedicated, primarily, to agricultural research. It is also home to this historic landmark.

Corvallis, Oregon
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Corvallis /kɔːrˈvælᵻs/ is a city in central western Oregon, United States. It is the county seat of Benton County and the city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 54,462 and its population was estimated by the Portland Research Center to be 55,298 in 2013. Corvallis is the

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Benton County Courthouse

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Downtown circa 1920

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Corvallis-Benton County Public Library

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The OSU campus and Cascade Range from Fitton Green

Oregon State Beavers football
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The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team first fielded a football team in 1893 and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Gary Andersen is the coach since the 2015 season. Their home games are played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, Football at Oregon State Univ

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Oregon State fans prepare to rush the field in an historic upset of #3 USC in 2006

Reser Stadium
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Reser Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. It is the home of the Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-12 Conference and it was renamed in 1999, and its current seating capacity is 44,160. The FieldTurf playing field runs northwest to southeast, at an elevati

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Hosting Arizona State in 2012

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The renovated East Side entrance

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Reser Stadium in September 2008, looking south

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Panoramic view from the southeast end zone during the night game against Washington in November 2007

Providence Park
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Providence Park is an outdoor sports venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The MLS Portland Timbers and NWSL Portland Thorns FC soccer teams use the facility as their home pitch, the NCAA Division I FCS Portland State Vikings football team uses the park during the Big Sky season. Originally, the park was

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Providence Park

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Visual displays often occur in the Timbers Army stands

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Before the city purchased the stadium, it was owned by the Multnomah Athletic Club

List of Oregon State Beavers bowl games
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The Oregon State Beavers college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing Oregon State University in the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1893, Oregon State has appeared in 17 bowl games, included in these games are three appearances in the Rose Bowl

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On offense during the 2007 Emerald Bowl

Civil War (college football game)
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First played 123 years ago in 1894, it is the fifth most played college football rivalry game in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the NCAA. Both universities are members of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference, the game was first played in 1894 and has been contested 120 times through 2016, Oregon leads the series 63–47–10. The game was not

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The 1922 Civil War game ended with the University of Oregon defeating Oregon Agricultural College (now known as Oregon State University) 10 to 0.

Platypus Trophy
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The Platypus Trophy is a trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Civil War college football game between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University. The trophy depicts a platypus, an animal which has features of both a duck and a beaver, for three years, from 1959 to 1961, the trophy was awarded to the winning school. The trophy was lo

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Platypus Trophy

Benny Beaver
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Benny Beaver is the official mascot of Oregon State University and winner of the 2011 Capital One Mascot of the Year write-in campaign. The exact date of when the name was first used as the mascot is not known. The universitys school newspaper is the first known organization on campus to adopt the beaver as its namesake, the school yearbooks long u

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Benny (Patrick H.) with former Oregon State Marching Band director Brad Townsend

Oregon State University Marching Band
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With over 250 members, the Oregon State University Marching Band, is the marching band of Oregon State University, known as the Spirit and Sound of OSU. It was founded in 1891 making it the oldest band in the Pac-12, the Oregon State University Marching Band is the primary athletic band at Oregon State. All band members are required to participate